I’ve been praying for a friend who just lost a loved one. And in my prayers, I have prayed for her to experience permission to grieve. It may sound like a silly prayer, but in my own experience of grief, I’ve felt as if I wasn’t supposed to do so because of the hope of heaven. I felt I wasn’t …

“I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.” (Romans 8:18). As a writer, I spend a lot of time in my head. Sometimes that is not a good thing because my mind is often the ring of a prize fight. Though many of my thoughts are good and revolve …

“In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions, and old men will dream dreams. Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my spirit in those days and they will prophesy.” (Acts 2:17,18 Joel 2:28-32). In Monday’s …